Paul Pogba Provisionally Suspended After Testing Positive For Testosterone

 

It has been reported that Juventus and France midfielder, Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended.

 

He was suspended duo to an alleged anti-doping offence.

 

The suspension was handed down by Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal on Monday after Pogba returned a test with elevated levels of testosterone following Juventus’ 3-0 victory over Udinese on August 20.

 

France international Pogba, 30, was an unused substitute but was selected at random for post-match drug testing.

 

If found guilty of doping, he could face a ban of between two and four years.

 

The tribunal said Pogba had violated anti-doping rules when they found the prohibited substance “non-endogenous testosterone metabolites”.

 

Juventus said in a statement: "Juventus Football Club announces that today, 11 September 2023, the footballer Paul Labile Pogba received a precautionary suspension order from the National Anti-Doping Tribunal following the results of tests carried out on 20 August, 2023.

 

Nado said Pogba had violated anti-doping rules when they found the prohibited substance "non-endogenous testosterone metabolites" and the results were "consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds".

 

Pogba has three days to produce a counter-analysis of the result to Nado.

 

Juventus re-signed Pogba on a four-year deal in July 2022 after the player ran down his contract at Manchester United and left as a free agent.

 

However, Pogba's return to Turin has been beset by persistent injury problems which also saw him miss last year's World Cup in Qatar.

 

Pogba has played a combined total of 51 minutes as a substitute this season in games with Bologna and Empoli.

 

Last season he managed 108 minutes over six Serie A games, three brief appearances and one assist in the Europa League, and 11 minutes in the Coppa Italia - a total of 162 minutes and no goals.